Bracket for a fluorescent light fixture

Abstract

A bracket for use on a wall and with a pair of fasteners and a fluorescent light fixture, the latter being of the type having an elongate housing including a substantially flat base adapted to be secured against a planar wall or ceiling surface. The bracket comprises a main body member defining an elongate slot and mounted in use to said wall such that, in use, said slot extends upwardly and away from said wall in angled relation thereto. In use, a pair of said brackets are mounted on said wall, in horizontally spaced relation to one another, and the base of said housing is mounted to the main body members by said fasteners, each extending through the slot of a respective main body member. A shelf can be supported across the brackets.

1 . A bracket for use on a wall and with a fastener and a fluorescent light fixture, the latter being of the type having an elongate housing including a substantially flat base adapted to be secured against a planar wall or ceiling surface, said bracket comprising: 
 a main body member defining an elongate slot and mounted in use to said wall such that, in use, said slot extends upwardly and away from said wall in angled relation thereto,    wherein, in use, the base of said housing is mounted to the main body member by said fastener, which extends through said slot.    
   
   
       2 . A bracket according to  claim 1 , wherein, in use, said slot extends upwardly and away from said wall in a first direction which lies parallel to a vertical plane orientated normal to said wall.  
   
   
       3 . A bracket according to  claim 2 , wherein the slot opens, in use, in a second direction transverse to the first direction and lying parallel to a vertical plane orientated normal to said wall.  
   
   
       4 . A bracket according to  claim 3 , wherein the main body member defines a planar mounting surface that is orientated normal to the second direction.  
   
   
       5 . A bracket according to  claim 4 , wherein the main body further defines a planar support surface that is orientated substantially horizontally in use.  
   
   
       6 . A bracket according to  claim 5 , wherein the main body member comprises 
 a base portion mounted in use to said wall;    a support portion defining the support surface and bisecting and extending substantially horizontally from the base portion; and    a strut portion defining the mounting surface and the elongate slot and extending between a lower end of the base portion and the support portion to support the support portion.    
   
   
       7 . A bracket according to  claim 6 , wherein the base portion, the support portion and the strut portion are stamped integrally, out of a single piece of metal plate.  
   
   
       8 . A bracket according to  claim 6 , wherein the support portion is provided with apertures for receiving screws.  
   
   
       9 . A bracket according to  claim 6 , wherein the strut portion lies at an angle of about 45 degrees to said wall in use.  
   
   
       10 . A bracket according to  claim 1 , further defining an aperture shaped and dimensioned to receive therethrough a fluorescent tube for said light fixture and orientated substantially horizontally in use.  
   
   
       11 . A bracket for use on a wall and with a pair of fasteners, a shelf and a fluorescent light fixture, the latter being of the type having an elongate housing including a substantially flat base adapted to be secured against a planar wall or ceiling surface, said bracket comprising: 
 a main body member defining an elongate slot and mounted in use to said wall such that, in use, said slot extends upwardly and away from said wall in angled relation thereto,    wherein, in use, a pair of said brackets are mounted on said wall, in horizontally spaced relation, the base of said housing is mounted to the main body members by said fasteners, each extending through the slot of a respective main body member.    
   
   
       12 . A bracket according to  claim 11 , wherein, in use, said slot extends upwardly and away from said wall in a first direction which lies parallel to a vertical plane orientated normal to said wall.  
   
   
       13 . A bracket according to  claim 12 , wherein the slot opens, in use, in a second direction transverse to the first direction and lying parallel to a vertical plane orientated normal to said wall.  
   
   
       14 . A bracket according to  claim 13 , wherein the main body member defines a planar mounting surface that is orientated normal to the second direction.  
   
   
       15 . A bracket according to  claim 14 , wherein the main body further defines a planar support surface that is orientated substantially horizontally in use and supports said shelf.  
   
   
       16 . A bracket according to  claim 15 , wherein the main body member comprises 
 a base portion mounted in use to said wall;    a support portion defining the support surface and bisecting and extending substantially horizontally from the base portion; and    a strut portion defining the mounting surface and the elongate slot and extending between a lower end of the base portion and the support portion to support the support portion.    
   
   
       17 . A bracket according to  claim 16 , wherein the base portion, the support portion and the strut portion are stamped integrally, out of a single piece of metal plate.  
   
   
       18 . A bracket according to  claim 16 , wherein the base portion, the support portion and the strut portion are defined by a single piece of bent wire.  
   
   
       19 . A bracket according to  claim 16 , wherein the support portion is provided with apertures for receiving screws to secure said shelf.  
   
   
       20 . A bracket according to  claim 11 , further defining an aperture shaped and dimensioned to receive therethrough a fluorescent tube for said light fixture and orientated substantially horizontally in use, such that, in use, the apertures defined one by each of said pair of brackets, collectively define a tube storage slot for storing a replacement fluorescent tube.  
   
   
       21 . A shelf/light combination for use with a wall and comprising: 
 a pair of brackets, mounted in use to said wall in horizontally spaced relation to one another;    a shelf supported upon the brackets in use; and    a fluorescent light fixture secured to the brackets so as to be positioned beneath the shelf in use and to direct illumination away from the wall and downwardly.